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Rising Smoke is extremely proud to win awards from the very platform where we learned so much valuable information on how to start our business. Thank you to all of you!!

This being our first year in business I have always reached out to the county office in advance of the event. With us providing samples with no chance of contamination such as double dipping, we have not had to file for a permit yet. But I know many states are much more strict than NC. I...

Best advice I could give is read this forum end to end.  When I had the idea of starting this business I took pages and pages of notes from this very forum as a starting point.  Form there I was able to develop pointed questions and seek additional advice.  I've been too busy to contribute much...

    Thanks Reggie!!  Truly appreciate the support!!  Can't wait to hear what you think!   Mike

Thanks.  That was my favorite to do!

Thank you!!

    I did open the site for pre-orders effective today!  Any preorder will deliver next week.

It has been a long road to get here but Rising Smoke Sauceworks will officially be selling six varieties of hot sauce beginning this Saturday.  This forum has been such a valuable resource in me getting the company started and getting my products legal I would like to share a discount code with...

Sorry for the confusion.  I'm going to have them printed but wanted to make sure what type of label to ask for.

Im at the point of getting prices for printing my labels for my first run. When searching for a printer, what type of label specs should I be looking for? I know what size I am using, but I assume there are different types of material that should be used for refrigeration, etc. I just want to...

I just switched from Wix to Shopify. Many more features included.

  I do accept PayPal but customers can also order with credit card payment.  If they choose that route I have no option for printing the label in my current platform which can be a pain.

So the business has been started, product is being manufactured and now I'm trying to figure out the online ordering mechanism.  What web platform are you guys using?  I started my site through Wix which was easy to get up and running but offered no shipping integration or basic options like...

  Thanks.  I've been looking at many of these but was hoping to find someone on here that has been using one that can provide some pros/cons.